It is interested to me just how much better our defense was once we brought in Beason. It is pretty clear we need that defensive QB who makes others play better. This is a role we need. Beason is solid but he has injury history and limitations in coverage.

one guy I really like is CJ Mosley who can be groomed for that role and is a legit three down LB.

No thanks on JF. The guy is coming back from a big time injury, and he drops a lot of balls. I know Cruz had drops too a few years back. I would rather us draft a TE for once and play the guy. I was watching Shockey highlights and I have to say I miss the guy.

He is a good experienced and durable young player and while I would like to see him resigned before free agency, I think he wants to at least test the market. Both the free agency and draft groups at thin at DT this year.

My question is, if he is expected to get more than we are willing to pay, is it worth franchising him and trading him ahead of free agency? I would imagine he is worth at least what we got for Shockey (2nd and 5th)

I think you let him walk honestly. He's a 2 down DT who offers nothing as a pass rusher, and we already have a cheaper guy in house in Big Hank who can easily replace him.

Now ideally I'd like to have both of them on 1st and 2nd down and just swallow the run, but if Joseph is demanding too much money you let him walk, draft a mid round DT for depth, and you don't shed a tear.

We don't really use DTs as much as other teams do. We don't need to pay top dollar for a 2 gap 2 down run stuffing DT.

The problem I have with Joseph is he's pretty much hit his ceiling. And I don't deny that he's very good at what he does, but at the same time, I just don't like paying big bucks to a DT who can't rush the passer. I feel like those run stuffer types are easier to replace in the draft and because there is such a premium placed on pass rushing in the draft, you can find run stuffers at a fairly reasonable price.

I set a price on Joseph within our budget and I don't budge on it. You have to stick to your plan and not overpay for limited players. We replaced Coffield with Joseph, I'm confident that we can replace Joseph with Hank. It's a cycle.

I like Big Hank, but we had a good thing going and retaining Joseph may not be as expensive as many of you think unless he's being targeted as a NT (which I think is a little far reaching as was the case with Coffield)

I think he gets a deal similar to what marks got for the jags (4-$22). Marks is a slightly better interior rusher but Joseph is better vs the run. 5-$25 with 10 mil guaranteed sounds fair to me.

Mara said going into last offseason that controlling the trenches was our priority. We can't let our most consistent, dependable, and best dt of the last 3 seasons walk. What kind of message does that send?

Hankins and Joseph could be a dominating pair for years to come. We got something there. We shouldn't lose that.

I think he gets a deal similar to what marks got for the jags (4-$22). Marks is a slightly better interior rusher but Joseph is better vs the run. 5-$25 with 10 mil guaranteed sounds fair to me.

Mara said going into last offseason that controlling the trenches was our priority. We can't let our most consistent, dependable, and best dt of the last 3 seasons walk. What kind of message does that send?

Hankins and Joseph could be a dominating pair for years to come. We got something there. We shouldn't lose that.

New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin said OG Chris Snee (hip) is recovering from hip surgery but should be ready for next season. Snee likely will need to restructure his contract in order to return to the team.

From kffl.com

if Snee is heathly and drops his cap number, he could be really useful on the oline. He could even be in the mix at center if Baas departs.